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Hello all,
Recently, I got a letter in the mail marked "Final Notice" (albeit, it was also my *first* notice), stating that I was implicated in a hit-and-run accident a while back, and that my license plate is subject to being stopped as a result.
>>What exactly does this mean, and what would happen should I be stopped?
Here's what happened:
A while back, I was backing out of a parking space at a retail store, and someone else on the opposite side backed out and struck my vehicle. I take great care to look behind me when I back up as to avoid situations such as this, and when I started backing up, nobody else was exiting a parking stall, nor did anyone have their reverse lights on (it was at night, so that would've been even more visible).
After I felt (and heard) the collision, I exited my vehicle, and examined the damage with the driver of the other vehicle. The other driver appeared to be very young (16-18), and had a car full of his friends with him. We assessed the damage to both vehicles, and I noticed that the damage to my car was hardly noticeable. His vehicle, however, had some noticeable body damage. I told him that since the damage to my vehicle was negligible, I wouldn't be filing a claim with his insurance company, and that I didn't feel that a report was necessary. He paused for a few moments, then spoke to me in a belligerent tone, "Well, somebody's got to pay for this," while pointing to the damage. At this point, his (apparently) high school friends jumped out of the car and started raising a ruckus, and at that point, I told him that he needed to contact his insurance company to repair the damage.
Since I was alone, and he had a car full of his friends trying to point the finger, I felt it was in my best interest to leave, and so I did.
Now, the first thoughts that ran through my mind were that the kid was probably borrowing the parent's car, and through fear of repercussions with the parents, had all of his friends give a statement implicating that I was at fault. This is pure speculation on my part, but the only reason I can think of as to why I'm receiving this letter now.
Now, the letter asks for me to provide some personal information that I would rather not be accessible to the other party.
It asks for:
Honestly, I do not wish to provide this information because I do not want the person whom hit me to have my home address or any other personal information about me. If the individual is so quick to abandon responsibility for his actions and blame me, who's to say that he won't decide to throw a rock through my window or slash my tires someday? Call me a worrywort, but I work with rehabilitating adolescents and have seen reports of what some of these kids are capable of.
What it all boils down to is that I want my license plate taken off of whatever list of 'suspected crimes' it's associated with, and I wish to retain my anonymity in the process.
Advice, please?
Hello all,
Recently, I got a letter in the mail marked "Final Notice" (albeit, it was also my *first* notice), stating that I was implicated in a hit-and-run accident a while back, and that my license plate is subject to being stopped as a result.
>>What exactly does this mean, and what would happen should I be stopped?
Here's what happened:
A while back, I was backing out of a parking space at a retail store, and someone else on the opposite side backed out and struck my vehicle. I take great care to look behind me when I back up as to avoid situations such as this, and when I started backing up, nobody else was exiting a parking stall, nor did anyone have their reverse lights on (it was at night, so that would've been even more visible).
After I felt (and heard) the collision, I exited my vehicle, and examined the damage with the driver of the other vehicle. The other driver appeared to be very young (16-18), and had a car full of his friends with him. We assessed the damage to both vehicles, and I noticed that the damage to my car was hardly noticeable. His vehicle, however, had some noticeable body damage. I told him that since the damage to my vehicle was negligible, I wouldn't be filing a claim with his insurance company, and that I didn't feel that a report was necessary. He paused for a few moments, then spoke to me in a belligerent tone, "Well, somebody's got to pay for this," while pointing to the damage. At this point, his (apparently) high school friends jumped out of the car and started raising a ruckus, and at that point, I told him that he needed to contact his insurance company to repair the damage.
Since I was alone, and he had a car full of his friends trying to point the finger, I felt it was in my best interest to leave, and so I did.
Now, the first thoughts that ran through my mind were that the kid was probably borrowing the parent's car, and through fear of repercussions with the parents, had all of his friends give a statement implicating that I was at fault. This is pure speculation on my part, but the only reason I can think of as to why I'm receiving this letter now.
Now, the letter asks for me to provide some personal information that I would rather not be accessible to the other party.
It asks for:
- Driver's name
- Driver's license number
- Date of birth
- Race
- Sex
- Address
- Phone number
- Liability insurance company name
- Phone number for insurance
- Policy number
- Vehicle make/model/year/color
- Part of vehicle damaged
Honestly, I do not wish to provide this information because I do not want the person whom hit me to have my home address or any other personal information about me. If the individual is so quick to abandon responsibility for his actions and blame me, who's to say that he won't decide to throw a rock through my window or slash my tires someday? Call me a worrywort, but I work with rehabilitating adolescents and have seen reports of what some of these kids are capable of.
What it all boils down to is that I want my license plate taken off of whatever list of 'suspected crimes' it's associated with, and I wish to retain my anonymity in the process.
Advice, please?
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